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November 09, 2006

Ms. Dewey

A colleague sent me a link today, said it "reminded him of someone". Turned out to be Ms. Dewey, a bit of marketing fluff cooked up by Microsoft. The angle is essentially a sexy, exotic librarian (in the model of Ask Jeeves) who enjoys taunting the user and vying for his attention (target audience is, ahem, obvious).

Rather interesting in terms of "intelligent agent" software, but takes far too long to contextualize results (i.e. make a snappy and somewhat relevant remark based on the search term entered).

Requires Flash 8 and a fairly fast connection.

Posted by eerie at November 9, 2006 06:19 PM
Filed Under: Random Notes

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It's just a bad google search you can masturbate to.

Posted by: TSAG at November 9, 2006 08:57 PM

Well, yes, but pleasant enough. Especially if you type in naughty things.

Posted by: The Lounsbury at November 10, 2006 10:49 AM

I tried typing in "Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood". My browser crashed.

Posted by: Ms .45 [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 10, 2006 11:26 PM

hmmm ... sounds like the "colleague" was either hitting on you or calling you a devilish tease (or both).

Posted by: Yuri Guri at November 11, 2006 10:54 AM

Well, I'm notoriously slow to catch onto these things.

Posted by: eerie [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 11, 2006 12:32 PM

Am I seeing things or is she listening to music on a pink ipod nano in one of the intro bits?!

Microsoft's PR department aught to be scoured for those who have been seduced by the cult of the mac...

*evil laugh*

Posted by: شمـــــا at November 22, 2006 05:25 PM

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